Generic Format String Detection

Nessus killed the remote service by sending it specially crafted data. The remote service seems to be vulnerable to a format string attack. An attacker might use this flaw to make it crash or even execute arbitrary code on this host. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. References: Date: Wed, 20 Mar...

Sun AnswerBook2 Web Server dwhttpd GET Request Remote Format String

The remote web server is vulnerable to a format string attack. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to cause the web server to crash continually or even execute arbitrary code on the system. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. Script audit and contributions from Carmichael Security Erik Anders...

CVE-2001-1215

Format string vulnerability in PFinger 0.7.5 through 0.7.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a .plan file...

CVE-2002-0175

libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier allows attackers to bypass protection against format string vulnerabilities via format strings that use the "'" and "I" characters, which are implemented in libc but not libsafe...

Solaris rpc.rwalld Remote Format String Arbitrary Code Execution

The rpc.walld RPC service is running. Some versions of this server allow an attacker to gain root access remotely, by consuming the resources of the remote host then sending a specially formed packet with format strings to this host. Solaris 2.5.1, 2.6, 7, 8 and 9 are vulnerable to this issue...

GNOME libgtop Daemon Remote Format String

It seems that libgtop is/was running on this port and is vulnerable to a format string attack which may allow an attacker to gain a shell on this host with the privileges of 'nobody'. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid10812; scriptversion"1.20";...

Network Solutions Rwhoisd Syslog Remote Format String

The remote rwhois daemon is vulnerable to a format string attack when supplied malformed arguments to a malformed request such as %p%p%p. An attacker may use this flaw to gain a shell on this host. Note that Nessus solely relied on the banner version to issue this warning. If you manually patched...

locale_sol.txt

----/ Exploiting the Libc Locale Subsystem Format String Vulnerability on Solaris/SPARC ---/ 10/10/2000 -/ Solar Eclipse ---/ I. Introduction This paper describes in detail the exploitation of the libc locale format strin g vulnerability on Solaris/SPARC. The full source code for the exploit is...

Network Solutions Rwhoisd -soa Command Remote Format String

The remote rwhois daemon is vulnerable to a format string attack when supplied malformed arguments to a '-soa' request. An attacker may use this flaw to gain a shell on this host. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; ifdescription scriptid10790; scriptversion "1.16";...

CVE-2001-0570

minicom 1.83.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via numerous format string attacks...

Exim 3.x - Format String

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2828/info Exim is a free, open-source Mail Transfer Agent for Unix systems. Exim is vulnerable to a locally exploitable format string attack which may compromise root access. The vulnerability exists only when the 'syntax checking' mode is turned on, whic...

Icecast utils.c fd_write Function Format String

The remote server claims to be running Icecast 1.3.7 or 1.3.8beta2. These versions are vulnerable to a format string attack that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands on this host. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; ifdescription scriptid10600; scriptversion...

[SECURITY] [DSA-014-2] Correction: New version of splitvt released

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-014-2 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 23, 2001 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : splitvt...

[SECURITY] [DSA-014-1] New version of splitvt released

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-014-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze January 23, 2001 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : splitvt...

CVE-2000-0969

Format string vulnerability in Half Life dedicated server build 3104 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting format strings into the changelevel command, via the system console or rcon...

LPRng 3.6.24-1 - Remote Command Execution

/ REMOTE ROOT EXPLOIT for linux x86 - LPRng-3.6.24-1 RedHat 7.0 The RedHat 7.0 replaced the BSD lpr with the LPRng package which is vulnerable to format string attacks because it passes information to the syslog incorrectly. You can get remote root access on machines running RedHat 7.0 with lpd...

LPRng 3.6.24-1 - Remote Command Execution

LPRng 3.6.24-1 - Remote Command Execution / REMOTE ROOT EXPLOIT for linux x86 - LPRng-3.6.24-1 RedHat 7.0 The RedHat 7.0 replaced the BSD lpr with the LPRng package which is vulnerable to format string attacks because it passes information to the syslog incorrectly. You can get remote root access...

Half Life - 'rcon' Remote Buffer Overflow

/ SDI HalfLife rcon remote exploit for linux x86 portuguese exploit remoto para o buffer overflow do rcon no halflife Tamandua Sekure Labs Sao Paulo - Porto Alegre, Brazil by Thiago Zaninotti c0nd0r Gustavo Scotti csh Proof of concept - There is a remote exploitable buffer overflow in Half Life...

numerous format string attacks in Nap ( Napster for linux )

hi to everyone here, nap ver 1.4.4 is a little and good term based napster client for linux tested on my linux 2.2.17 and others nix like. to simplify the pb just consider two parts, one for outgoing tasks, the other for incomings ones. there are plenty of possible string format attacks and even...

Solaris 2.67.0 locale - Subsystem Format String

Solaris 2.67.0 locale - Subsystem Format String / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1634/info nectiva 4.x/5.x,Debian 2.x,IBM AIX 3.x/4.x,Mandrake 7,RedHat 5.x/6.x,IRIX 6.x, Solaris 2.x/7/8,Turbolinux 6.x,Wirex Immunix OS 6.2 Locale Subsystem Format String Many UNIX operating systems provi...